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Tips On Painting Trim – Building Easy Transition Room To Room

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 Painting trim on the interior of homes seem to produce more questions in the mind of homeowners than any other aspect of decorating. I am often asked by homeowners planning interior painting projects for their home, if painting trim in a particular room a different color than the trim in the rest of their home the correct thing to do.
Many times the issue arises when they are planning a particular color for a room, on account of a color they have seen in a magazine or while visiting a friend's home. Maybe they're trying to match colors in a particular fabric they are planning to use in that room. Anyway, the problem arises with what to do with the trim for that room. How do you work it into the existing color scheme of your home?
While there is no absolute rule about trim color, that if broken, would cause you to be arrested by the color scheme patrol, there are some things you should consider.

  1. The trim and ceilings of your home are what establishes a unified look and feel throughout your home. You can change your walls to any color that you like, or that fits with the theme you have planned for the interior of your home. Using the same color trim and ceilings throughout your home, allow for a smooth transition between colors as you travel from room to room. Without this consistency, your home takes on a feeling of disunity.
  2. White trim and some off-white colors will go with any wall color. That is why it is used so often. It gives you much greater flexibility in interior color coordination and design. If you decide to paint all your trim a color, you will limit your options; however, I have seen some marvelous color co ordinations while using more color for trim.
If your interior painting plans are to change the color for a specific room, try to get a feel for how it will impact the rooms or halls adjacent to that room.
  • Will it be completely separated by a door?
  • Will the door be closed most of the time?
  • If the room is open to other areas of the house that are easily seen, how will that impact the color theme for the other parts of your home?
You don't want to put a lot of time and effort into painting a room if in the long run you're not happy with how it makes the rest of your home look. Test the color on a door jamb or baseboard and then stand back and get a feel for what it does for unity of passage from other rooms to that room. You may want to wait a few days to see if you grow tired of the transition from one color to the next before committing to painting trim. Sometimes what we think looks good in the beginning, will over time grow tiresome.

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